What is the impact of using heating oil from soy versus petroleum based oil?

We encourage you to add your suggestions about why soy oil is better for our environment to the ones we have gathered. We'll post the best ones here. For a less "tongue in cheek" review of the technical environmental impact of Biodiesel please visit the national biodiesel site.

• Soy oil is grown on American soil reducing the amount of imported oil
• Soy oil spills are not hazardous to marine wildlife and birds
• Soy oil emissions are not toxic
• Soy oil does not contribute to greenhouse gases and acid rain
• Soy oil is renewable and plant photosynthesis converts carbon dioxide into oxygen
• Soybeans can be efficiently grown organically
• Soy oil burns cleaner in the furnace, maintaining higher burner efficiency throughout the winter, reducing oil consumption
• There are no toxic waste products from soy oil production
• There are no environmental hazards from harvesting soy oil
• There are no soy farms planned for the Alaskan Wilderness, or Gulf of Mexico
• No soy fields have caught fire, polluted the oceans or polluted the air
• There have been no soy farmers convicted of supporting foreign or domestic terrorist organizations
• To date there have been no wars fought over soy fields
• No farmers have built estates like these on soy profits

You can have the best of both worlds, a cleaner environment and heating oil for the same or less as you are currently paying. Find out more